The Sweden Democrats' economic spokesperson Oscar Sjöstedt said on Thursday that it is "nonsense, lies and slander", to suggest that he enjoyed laughing at the anti-Semitic antics of his former workmates at a slaughterhouse.

The Sweden Democrat leadership has spoken out on the "Putilov affair" after a Swedish Radio investigation found a parliamentary assistant had used several false names and received millions from a property deal with a Russian criminal businessman.

Mona Sahlin told news agency TT Sunday that the step from threats and internet hate to extremist actions is becoming shorter and shorter. Now she calls for the "good side" to raise their voices and be Heard.

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